Re: SAP DB: The unsung Open Source DB

On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 10:32, Dennis Gearon wrote:
> I've never seen this work before. the only version of this scenario
> that works, is to buy the competitor, and learn their code, put the
> competitor out of business, and force the competitor's company to
> use a half ass bridge version for one rev of a vision, then the
> next version force them to your supposedly improved flagship product.
> Can anyone say:
>
>     Microsoft?
>     Oracle?

The exception that proves the rule:
http://www.oracle.com/peoplesoft/Rdb_CaseStudyE.pdf
While O would love us to migrate to 9i, there has been no pressure,
and their engineering and tech support is still top quality.

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